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Unions Must Pay More Wages

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Unions lead to higher prices for consumers since companies must pay more for wages and benefits, which are then passed on to customers. The cost of labour is like any other for a business. It must be added to the expenditures of the income statement, which leads to diminished profit margins or losses unless amounts can be raised to pass the costs onto consumers. Thus, when buying North American cars or buying any other product that comes from a unionized industry; we as a country pay for the increases. Unions make the workplace less competitive since non-unionized companies in India, China, and Taiwan can compensate workers far less and therefore charge less per unit of production. We 're no longer in a national economy; we 're in a global economy. Products and services which could be developed in Canada are now being made at a lower cost in foreign countries for instance, China and India, which have sizeable pools of inexpensive labour. Encumbering Canadian company with an unrealistic and inflexible labour cost per hour effectively makes it impossible for companies to compete. Example, Canadian automakers now must pay two to three times that of car makers in Japan, mostly because of union-required wages and benefits. In effect, China is now predicted to pass North America in economic power within 5 to 10 years. Unions often prevent more qualified workers from getting the jobs. Less skilful workers are often protected from layoffs or firing. Union contracts and

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